Deep in the Broken Lands the sounds of ritual drums could be heard. Tribes were gathering ready to help with the threat near Bildteve

Shadow himself was leading the dance and preparing the warriors for battle. There seemed a new confidence about Shadow, now that his ever growing power seemed sure to be secured at the Dawn. The rituals had been completed across the Broken Lands, offerings made to the totems, songs and chants intoned in the final setting of the stage for the dawn to come.

The feasting and preparation for war would of course take a few days, as any great tribal feast should. Meanwhile the trolls tinkered away at the stones so that the ancient paths could be walked once the call of battle came.